Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by elevatethis
The dilemma comes when you are breeding your snakes and doing it right, and you have a potential customer that comes along and says, "well, why should I pay $1000 for an albino from you when I can get one for $800 on kingsnake?"
The problem is that every buyer isn't going to understand the difference between a quality captive bred animal and another animal from a flipper that has had just enough time its short life to eat once or twice and change hands 5-6 times.
I think that the original question is this thread is trying to ask if ALL morphs and their prices are going to behave like pastel, mojave, and lesser prices. IMHO, the answer is NO, albinos will not be $200 anytime soon. They are just too desirable and I think that the demand for them will be so high in the $500-1000 range that they will never dip below that.
Good post. Also lets hope anyone willing to pay 800.00 to 1000 buck for a ball python has enough knowledge to tell the difference between quality and non. I'm not saying that theres not quality animals to be had for a great price but with out seeing them in person I'd be scared to buy them.
Prime example theres a female spider 07 for 500.00 :eek: I'd be willing to bet my house its a train wreck spinner.
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by xdeus
Burn. (pwnd for you kids)
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Lmao! Good one Lawrence! :cool:
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by daaangconcepts
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Lmao! Good one Lawrence! :cool:
I'll let Freakie Ed have his moment in the spotlight. :D
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by jglass38
I'll let Freakie Ed have his moment in the spotlight. :D
You da man Jamie.. :rockon:
Re: albino ball prices in few years
I tend to blame a lot of the roller coaster like plunge on prices with certain morphs on KS and certain sellers looking to slit each others throats to get the sale before someone else does.... no matter the cost!
Albino's should always be considered one of the Jewels of the Ball Python world.
Re: albino ball prices in few years
I saw a spider at the show a few weekends ago for $500. The poor thing looked maybe 40 g.
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704
I saw a spider at the show a few weekends ago for $500. The poor thing looked maybe 40 g.
DING DING DING!!!!!
We have a winner bet it had not even had two meals yet.. You get what you pay for.
Re: albino ball prices in few years
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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog
DING DING DING!!!!!
We have a winner bet it had not even had two meals yet.. You get what you pay for.
I'm wondering if it even had it's first meal!
Re: albino ball prices in few years
Here's an example of a "deal"
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=100124
An '06 albino that weighs 110 grams. Wow.
whoo hooo... another $200 bucks in my pocket.....
whoo hooo... another $200 bucks in my pocket..... Just kidding, if they ever fell to that price I'd never sell one. Here's a pic of my newest clutch. Not the best of odds, 1 out of 6. 2.3 66% het albino and 0.1 albino. I've produced a grand total of 5 albinos out of the last 4 years. despite what EVERYONE ELSE will tell you.... It's not always that easy. A lot of times I think it's the people who get lucky one year who panic and drop the prices. They may never produce that many albinos again, but by golly they're going to sell every one of them this year..... People just don't know how to think long term...
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...albclutch3.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g2...albclutch2.jpg
